K Michael: 383 books
What Is Crime?
Controversies over the Nature of Crime and What to Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2001
For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? Is it behavior that causes serious harm? Is the seriousness affected by how many people are harmed and does it make a difference who those people are? Are crimes less criminal...
The World Turned Upside Down
Maintaining American Leadership in a Dangerous Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Aspen Policy Books is a series of annual publications on the United States’ most pressing foreign policy and national security issues. In 2017, the Aspen Strategy Group examined the future of the liberal world order. The papers in this volume outline the history and importance the system of institutions...
by Michael K. Bourke
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Information technology constantly changes and quickly becomes obsolete. The methodology of planning and implementing a health care information system, however, is more constant. Through practical, step-by-step guidelines, the author demonstrates how to establish the strategy and architecture against...
Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos
Conceptions of the African American West
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos undertakes an interdisciplinary exploration of the African American West through close readings of texts from a variety of media. This approach allows for both an in-depth analysis of individual texts and a discussion of material often left out or underrepresented...
Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Building on its successful "read-see-do" approach, this second edition of Learning Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: An Illustrated Guide seamlessly combines 23 all-new videos with informative text and figures, charts, worksheets, checklists, and tables to help readers not only learn the essential...
by Michael K. Lea
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
The number one response from couples who are working through the ten tips is that their prayer life has been transformed. This book is an exciting tool to assist couples in developing unity in their marriage. Working through the tips and developing unity produces peace, balance, and laughter. This...
Using Occupational Therapy Models in Practice E-Book
A Fieldguide
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
This book is a succinct and practical guide for students and practitioners applying occupational therapy models in the field. It provides an overview of the common models in practice and bridges the gap between theoretical texts on conceptual models and the immediate demands of practice. It describes...
by Paul Barash, Bruce F. Cullen, Robert K. Stoelting
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
The Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition, closely parallels Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition, and presents the essential information found in the larger text in a concise, portable format. Extensive changes made to the parent textbook are reflected in the Handbook; chapters have been...
Bipolar Disorder in Young People
A Psychological Intervention Manual
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2009
As research emerges on the effectiveness of psychological therapies for bipolar disorder, this is the first manual guiding the treatment of those in adolescence and early adulthood, taking into account the developmental issues which can have significant impact on therapeutic outcomes. Core issues...
Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent
Cultural Studies After 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
"Denzin and Giardina have brought together the works of leading cultural critics who have given cultural studies a global framework that meets our need to examine the governing strategies of the military, the economy, the media, and educational elites...This is a must-read for those who want...
Spirituality and Deep Connectedness
Views on Being Fully Human
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
What is spirituality? Does it enable us to be better persons? Is spirituality related to religion? These days, is it even relevant? On college campuses, does it promote student well-being? Does it further moral growth? Can spirituality make a difference in healthcare? What about social justice and...
digitalSTS
A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Willa Cather and Material Culture
Real-World Writing, Writing the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A compilation of essays focusing on the significance of material culture to Cather’s work and Cather scholarship.
Willa Cather and Material Culture is a collection of 11 new essays that tap into a recent and resurgent interest among Cather scholars in addressing her work and her career through...
The Educator's Field Guide
From Organization to Assessment (And Everything in Between)
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Everything a teacher needs to survive?and thrive!
The Educator's Field Guide helps teachers get off to a running start. The only book that covers all four key areas of effective teaching—organization, classroom management, instruction, and assessment—this handy reference offers a bridge...